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Professor Koleman Strumpf tells CNN that a prediction market, by essence, can’t predict an upset.

CNN: FOREMAN: I’ve got something I want you to take a look at. Look at this. It could be the price of a stock or a mutual fund. It isn’t. It’s the odds that a particular candidate, the red here … Continue reading

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Notre Dame U. student and TradeSports-InTrade trader Alex Forshaw’s 5 minutes of fame in the WSJ.

The Election Investors – Political junkies around the world spent the past few weeks trading on increasingly popular online markets that allow people to invest in futures contracts based on election outcomes. (WSJ $$$) – (Republished under this title: Political … Continue reading

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